We travelled to Spain, to the mountains around Granada for my girlfriend's elder brother's wedding. I never counted on how her parents or twin brother would behave. Having never been on holiday with another family before I was expecting the worst (I'd known the family for 18 months) but at the end of the week, even I could not believe what had happened.

Her father ranted continually about his bad 'lot' in life and her mother was just plain rude. The final straw was when a particularly drunk twin brother called me all names under the sun for no apparent reason (aside from the drink) and told me he was prepared to 'do time' for me.

Girlfriend and I ended up having no time together on our own, aside from the odd few hours. It was the first holiday that I have been on where I looked forward to getting home. Since our return I have not seen the rest of the family and am happy about this situation. I feel sorry for my girlfriend as she apologised to me for their behaviour and she has no way out. We are currently discussing ways of moving on with our relationship based on the events of the last couple of weeks.

I now require another holiday and have decided to work over the Christmas and new year period.